A Vanderbilt Business team composed of Justin Jones (MBA ’17), Ben Hodges (MBA ’17), and Andrew Ewbank (MBA ’17) took first place at the Wharton People Analytics Conference (PAC) case competition on Thursday. Jones, Hodges, and Ewbank beat out teams from Harvard, Texas A&M, Maryland, and UConn to earn first place and a $5,000 prize. Jones […]
Publication: 3BL Media Members of the Boys & Girls Club, Appalachian Sustainable Development and the Eastman Foundation worked with graduate students from Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management to highlight the positive impacts that are possible from strong community partnerships.
Publication: New Scientist The digital systems that run the electricity grid, gas pipelines and other critical infrastructure in the U.S. have 25 years’ worth of fundamental weaknesses to hacking that need fixing. That’s a main finding in a report from MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative by a former National Security Agency inspector general, Joel Brenner, with […]
M. Eric Johnson, Dean of the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, announced that Adena Friedman will speak at the school’s commencement on May 12, 2017. Ms. Friedman assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of Nasdaq on January 1, 2017, and is a member of the Board of Directors. Ms. Friedman brings more […]
Publication: Governing Generation Z is starting to enter the workforce. As they do, it would be wise for public-sector leaders to understand the differences they may bring to recruiting, hiring, training and managing. Cherrie Clark, clinical professor of finance, is quoted.
Publication: Poets & Quants Admissions directors from top MBA programs offer book recommendations for incoming students. Tami Fassinger is featured.
The Latin Business Association (LBA), a long-time sponsor of events celebrating Latin American culture and business, hosted the first “Latin Business Week,” bringing leaders from on and off campus together for a variety of events, from speakers to salsa lessons and case competitions to cooking classes. AT&T, Deloitte, and Aertson Midtown provided corporate sponsorship. Vanderbilt’s […]
Publication: Executive Vine Dean M. Eric Johnson breaks down his thoughts on the difference between management and leadership, citing a recent conversation with Jose Munoz, EVP, Nissan Motor Co. & Chairman, Nissan North America, Inc.
NewsCart, a news aggregator startup launched by James Murray (MBA ’17), took first place at last week’s PitchTexas event in Austin, Texas. PitchTexas 2017, hosted by University of Texas’ McCombs School of Business, featured 16 business school startups competing for a $5,000 prize, with finalists delivering their pitches to venture capital firms and entrepreneurs in […]
Publication: Time Professor Jessica Kennedy’s research on rank and principled dissent is featured in Time’s Ideas section.
Vanderbilt Business students Ben Jarnagin (MBA ’18), Drew Andrews (MBA ’18), Sriram Venkatakrishnan (MBA ’18), Johnny Lai (MBA ’18), Katherine Calvert (MBA ’18), and Bhargav Chennamalla (MBA ’18) earned 1st place at the 2017 Purdue Global Supply Chain Management Initiative (GSCMI) Intercollege Case Competition. The team earned a $5,000 prize for their 1st place finish. […]
International first-year Vanderbilt MBA students discuss how they identified and landed their summer internships
Publication: Vanderbilt News Vanderbilt University remains firmly positioned among the nation’s top graduate and professional schools in the latest U.S. News & World Report “Best Graduate School” rankings. Owen Graduate School of Management is mentioned.
Publication: The Conversation Professor Jessica Kennedy discusses her latest research on the relationship between rank and principled dissent within the context of recent events at Uber, Wells Fargo, and other organizations.
Student teams identified ways to address ethical and leadership issues related to food contamination and the resulting financial fallout
